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LONG FORM VIDEO

JOURN 456
Course Description

Develop skills needed to conduct professional-level journalism and strategic communication in long-form video. Produce documentary pieces of covering a contemporary topic of local or regional interest and complete other exercises in video analysis, composition and production.

Prerequisites

JOURN 335 , JOURN 345 , or graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.6

1.19% from Historical

Completion Rate
95%

-3.14% from Historical

A Rate
75%

34.48% from Historical

Class Size
20

15.38% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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